Team 548 Einstein Statement

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Originally Posted by BigJ

Those with bad enough intentions will probably discover it sooner or later (or have already figured it out. Many exploits in software end up working this way). Disclosure is not always a problem. If you believe there is a reasonable mitigation (such as a firmware update, or more stringent procedures in pits+field) that could be made I'm sure many would appreciate it being public knowledge, especially if you have tried reaching out to FIRST already.

However, if you believe it is an issue with no easy mitigation that shakes the current technology foundation of the field and robot control systems to its core, disclosure might not be the best idea unless you are reasonably sure someone is using it.

Just my two cents.

I have both sorts of exploits and I have already disclosed this to FIRST 30 days ago so let's start with this:

For one the problem is the way the fields are laid out geometrically and the way areas of common play are positioned. I won't say why this is a problem I will say that a single WIPS sensor per field is not sufficient because of it.

There should be a minimum of 2 of those sensors per field diagonal from each other across the long dimension of the field. Take a good look at where the current AirTight sensor generally ends up and it's proximity to the Cisco hardware.

By the way, this was the very first thought to run through my head given the fact that one alliance or another seemed to be disproportionally likely to have issues.